Lawyer Posts the personal information of all the journalists in his county for absolutely no good re - Polidicks

[url]http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/26/journalists-addresses-posted-google-maps-gun/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D249935[/url] [quote]A week after the Newtown massacre, The Journal News published an interactive Google Map with the names and addresses of gun permit owners in select New York cities. The bold move has escalated into a transparency arms race, after a Connecticut lawyer posted the phone number and addresses of the Journal‘s staff, including a Google Maps satellite Image of the Publisher’s home. “I don’t know whether the Journal’s publisher Janet Hasson is a permit holder herself, but here’s how to find her to ask,” read Christopher Fountain’s blog post. The double irony here is that open data was heralded as a tool of enlightened civic dialog, and has been co-opted for fierce partisanship, bordering on public endangerment.[/quote]

Predictable as fuck, even if fighting fire with fire isn't a good thing.

What do you mean for no good reason? It was in response of the journal publishing the information of gun permit owners. It's called revenge.

It's all public information anyway, isn't it?

Revenge is a dish best served cold

[QUOTE=gamefreek76;38984202]What do you mean for no good reason? It was in response of the journal publishing the information of gun permit owners. It's called revenge.[/QUOTE] when is throwing gas on a fire ever a good idea

[QUOTE=jordguitar;38984267]when is throwing gas on a fire ever a good idea[/QUOTE] When you're playing Left 4 Dead 2

[QUOTE=Deprehensio;38984228]It's all public information anyway, isn't it?[/QUOTE] apparently for both sides so its a huge non issue and people are "shocked" it was the same way when some idiots decided to try and shame people because they didnt vote and printed out addresses of everyone around you and previous voting habbits. except this time its with angry people with guns and one dumbass to ruin it all.

[QUOTE=jordguitar;38984267]when is throwing gas on a fire ever a good idea[/QUOTE] in some firefighting techniques, a secondary fire can put out the first initial one by using all its fuel.

[QUOTE=jordguitar;38984267]when is throwing gas on a fire ever a good idea[/QUOTE] It's an issue of double standards. Why is it okay for the journalists to do it, but scandalous when it's done back to them?

[QUOTE=areolop;38984307]in some firefighting techniques, a secondary fire can put out the first initial one by using all its fuel.[/QUOTE] We got ourselves a pretty big fire. Gonna need a huge bang.

[QUOTE=Deprehensio;38984228]It's all public information anyway, isn't it?[/QUOTE] Yes, but the journalists had to go through some paperwork to get that information (pretty sure), if anyone else wanted my information they should have to do that too. Not the journalists just giving it out to everyone. While it's all legal, it's just stupid. Both the initial posting and this.

[QUOTE=jordguitar;38984267]when is throwing gas on a fire ever a good idea[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn#Forest_use[/url]

This thread is now about fire for absolutely no good reason.

[QUOTE=Deprehensio;38984228]It's all public information anyway, isn't it?[/QUOTE] Just because it is legal or public does not mean it should be done. Legality isn't a moral compass most of the time. Just because something is legal does not mean it should be done. It was highly unethical and wrong for the news media to post the location of every single permit holder/gun owner on google maps. Not only with the AWB ban and various other gun related issues it makes them a huge target seeing as guns are a very valuable thing at this moment and a lot of manufactures are out of stock.

[QUOTE=areolop;38984307]in some firefighting techniques, a secondary fire can put out the first initial one by using all its fuel.[/QUOTE] When you put it like that, though, it sounds like you're telling us to burn down the entire forest first before the original fire can do that

[QUOTE=Useful Dave;38984710]We got ourselves a pretty big fire. Gonna need a huge bang.[/QUOTE] We can at least take comfort in the fact that We Didn't Start the Fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning.

[QUOTE=gamefreek76;38984202]What do you mean for no good reason? It was in response of the journal publishing the information of gun permit owners. It's called revenge.[/QUOTE] your sarcasm meter is broken

[QUOTE=MR-X;38984897] It was highly unethical and wrong for the news media to post the location of every single permit holder/gun owner on google maps. Not only with the AWB ban and various other gun related issues it makes them a huge target seeing as guns are a very valuable thing at this moment and a lot of manufactures are out of stock.[/QUOTE] anyone can get the information anyways.

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;38984900]When you put it like that, though, it sounds like you're telling us to burn down the entire forest first before the original fire can do that[/QUOTE] when taken out of context, sure. burning down a forest would be irrational by nature

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;38984900]When you put it like that, though, it sounds like you're telling us to burn down the entire forest first before the original fire can do that[/QUOTE] The entire point of controlled burns is to make a gap in the fuel. Say you have a large fire covering hundreds of miles of terrain. Find out where it's traveling and consume the fuel in a ring around it. When it gets to that ring, it can't get across it because there is no fuel.

Tomorrow's headlines: Police post the personal information of all the lawyers in the country.

[QUOTE=Zephyrs;38985133]The entire point of controlled burns is to make a gap in the fuel. Say you have a large fire covering hundreds of miles of terrain. Find out where it's traveling and consume the fuel in a ring around it. When it gets to that ring, it can't get across it because there is no fuel.[/QUOTE] What if the ring spreads

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;38985312]What if the ring spreads[/QUOTE] Stop derailing [editline]26th December 2012[/editline] its called a [B]CONTROLLED[/B] burn for a reason.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;38985312]What if the ring spreads[/QUOTE] Then it's by definition no longer a controlled burn.

Wow. Shit title. It wasn't all the journalists in the county, it was only the staff of that newspaper.

Yeah, let's show gun nuts where people that are against guns live. That's like telling the anti abortionists where people who carry out abortions live.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;38985527]Wow. Shit title. It wasn't all lawyers, it was only the staff of that newspaper.[/QUOTE] What did you read it as?

[QUOTE=areolop;38985587]What did you read it as?[/QUOTE] Wait I phrased that wrong. Was typing and reading something at the same time :v:. I'll edit my post. Meant to say not all journalists.